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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897101-25-000283
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20250529
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250529

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000080172
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES) [3480]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				390494170
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02451
		FILM NUMBER:		25997643

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3925 N HASTINGS WAY
		CITY:			EAU CLAIRE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			54703
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7158392121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3925 N HASTINGS WAY
		CITY:			EAU CLAIRE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			54703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATIONAL PRESSURE COOKER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19710509
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<DESCRIPTION>SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
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<P STYLE="font: 24pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>National Presto Industries, Inc.</B></P>

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in its charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">3925 North Hastings Way</P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Eau Claire, Wisconsin</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Douglas J. Frederick: 715-839-2121</B></P>

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area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)</P>

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which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:</P>

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December 31, 2024.</FONT></P>

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1 &ndash; Conflict Minerals Disclosure</B></FONT></P>

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1.01 and 1.02 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report, Exhibit</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">A copy of the National Presto Industries, Inc.&#39;s Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended
December 31, 2024, is provided as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available at
https://www.gopresto.com/content/s/financial-information-proxy-10-k-10-q-sd
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Exhibit 1.01 &ndash; Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><B>National Presto Industries, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <B>May 29, 2025</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="line-height: 115%; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">By:&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; line-height: 115%; width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">/s/&nbsp;Douglas J. Frederick</FONT></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%">(Signature) <B>Douglas J. Frederick, COO, Vice President,

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>EXHIBIT 1.01</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">This is the Conflict Minerals Report for National Presto Industries, Inc. for the reporting period
from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, filed with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&ldquo;Rule 13p-1&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">National Presto Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively &ldquo;NPI&rdquo;) are committed to
complying with the laws of the United States, which includes Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank
Act, concerning conflict minerals. NPI has communicated these commitments to its suppliers and
has educated its suppliers about the conflict minerals reporting obligation. As a downstream
company, NPI is several steps removed from the mining of conflict minerals. The composition of
our supply chain makes it challenging to identify the origin of conflict materials used in our
products. NPI requires its suppliers to perform the necessary due diligence with their supply
chains to ascertain the source of any conflict minerals in the products, components or materials
they provide to NPI.

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Initially, our product engineers reviewed each of our products to determine whether the product
or any of its components potentially includes a conflict mineral necessary to the functionality or
production of the product. NPI&rsquo;s Housewares segment uses small amounts of solder in some of
its electric and electronic products primarily to solder electrical connections; solder does contain
tin. The Safety Segment utilizes conflict minerals in some of its circuit boards and electronic
components as well. The Defense segment is required to utilize conflict minerals pursuant to
United States Government specifications. Because NPI does not purchase conflict minerals
directly from smelters or mines, our product engineers identified the vendor of each product or
component that potentially includes such a conflict mineral.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">For the relevant period, the Defense segment utilized solder and solder paste, which includes
amounts of tin, in impact switch assemblies and various components. Also, for the relevant
period, the Defense segment utilized various amounts of gold plating for some components, as
well as tantalum and tungsten in tooling and certain ordnance related items.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">NPI conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding conflict minerals
reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (&ldquo;DRC&rdquo;) or an adjoining country. With respect to the
reasonable country of origin inquiry, NPI enjoyed a 100% response rate from its applicable
vendors. Based on this reasonable country of origin inquiry, we do not have sufficient
information from certain vendors to determine the source of the conflict minerals contained in
the products or components that we purchase from such vendors.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Consequently, after conducting the reasonable country of origin inquiry, we found it necessary to
conduct due diligence with respect to several of our vendors. This due diligence consisted
primarily of (i) utilizing Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates (CMRTs) adapted from the
Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) (formerly the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI))
with the goal of identifying the smelters that contribute conflict minerals to our products, (ii)
determining whether such smelters participate in the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process
(RMAP) (formerly the Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP)) (iii) assessing the vendor&rsquo;s
responses to the CMRT questions and identifying inconsistencies or answers requiring followup;
and (iv) after any follow-up inquiries, comparing the smelter names provided by the vendors
to the lists of RMAP Conformant Smelters and Refiners.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">In response to our due diligence activities, most of our vendors provided us with a complete list
of their smelters. Upon information that is publicly available, most of the smelters identified
participate in the RMI RMAP. The RMI indicates that its standards are closely in alignment with
internationally recognized frameworks, including the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD
Guidance) and ISO 19011:2011 Guidelines for auditing management systems.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The OECD Guidance Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten states that &ldquo;Downstream
companies may participate in industry-wide schemes that assess smelters/refiners&rsquo; compliance
with this Guidance and may draw on the information these schemes provide to help them fulfill
the recommendations in this Guidance.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">In a few cases, the vendors did not have sufficient information to determine the country of origin
of the conflict minerals in the products or components sold to us or the specific smelters used to
process them.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Although we are not aware that any of our products contain conflict minerals that directly or
indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries, due to our
downstream position in the supply chain and our reliance on third-party organization&rsquo;s such as
RMI, we do not have sufficient information to conclusively make such a determination.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Based on the due diligence conducted, we believe that no mitigation is needed related to the risk
that the tantalum, tin, gold, or tungsten purchased by our vendors benefit armed groups.</P>

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